South and East African Fracture Zones: a long lifespan since the breakup of Gondwana

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Roche, Vincent, Ringenbach, Jean-Claude, J-C, Sapin, François, Leroy, Sylvie
• Other Authors: Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Total E&P, Vincent Roche was supported by a grant from the Passive Margin Exploration Laboratories (PAMELA) project and by funds from Sylvie Leroy and Sorbonne Université. The PAMELA project is a scientific project led by Ifremer and TotalEnergies in collaboration with Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Université Rennes 1, Sorbonne Université, CNRS and IFPEN.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Austral; Corridor The; Corridor, The; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03982694; https://hal.science/hal-03982694/document; https://hal.science/hal-03982694/file/SP524-2022-25.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1144/SP524-2022-25

Gondwana started to split up during the Early Jurassic (ca. 180 Ma) with the separation of Antarctica and Madagascar from Africa/South America, followed by the separation of South America and Africa during the Early Cretaceous. Thanks to recent seismic profiles, the architecture of rifted margins an...